Updated August 17, 2013: Slides with more information on and links to each of the winning projects are in this post in the Resources section.
Congratulations to this year's award recipients, who will be recognized at the 2013 AASLH Conference, “Turning Points: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Change," on September 20th in Birmingham. If you have changes to or suggestions for the links below, please let us know. The list, as issued, is here. (The 2012 winners, with links, is also available.)
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The Albert B. Corey Award
The Albert B. Corey Award recognizes primarily volunteer-operated historical organizations that best display the qualities of vigor, scholarship, and imagination in their work. Regional chairs may recommend any primarily volunteer organization that is nominated for the Award of Merit. This is an award made at the discretion of the Awards Committee.
Alaska
The Sitka Historical Society for the exhibit Alaska Native Brotherhood/Alaska Native Sisterhood 100-Year Panels
Arkansas
The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture Mobile Website
Lakeport Plantation for the Lakeport Plantation Permanent Exhibits
Arizona
Mesa Historical Museum for Play Ball: The Cactus League Experience
California
Louis P. Doody, Betty Kikumi Meltzer, and Malki Museum’s Malki-Ballena Press for the publication Losing Ground: The Displacement of San Gorgonio Pass Cahuilla People in the 19th Century
Gerald W. Haslam and Janice E. Haslam for the publication In Thought and Action: The Enigmatic Life of S.I. Hayakwa
Museum of Teaching and Learning and Ray Rast for the exhibit A Class Action: The Grassroots Struggle for School Desegregation in California
Oakland Museum of California, Lee Simpson, and the California State University, Sacramento, Public History Principles and Techniques Class, Fall 2011 for the exhibit What's Happening Sacramento?
Colorado
Aspen Historical Society for the exhibit Seasons of the Nuche: Transitions of the Ute People
City of Fort Collins Preservation Division and Landmark for the preservation and interpretation of the Coca-Cola/Angell’sDelicatessen Ghost Sign
History Colorado for excellence in preserving and interpreting the history of Colorado
History Colorado for the publication of A Civil War Scrapbook: I Was There Too!
Ann E. Komara for the publication Lawrence Halprin's Skyline Park
Connecticut
Deborah Edwards, Dr. Mark Jones, Amy Trout, and Dr. Cynthia Roznoy for the exhibit Art for Everyone: The Federal Art Project in Connecticut
Litchfield Historical Society for the publication Litchfield, The Making of a New England Town
The New London County Historical Society, Mystic Seaport, The Stonington Historical Society, The New London Maritime Society, and the Lyman Allyn Art Museum for the exhibit The Rocket's Red Glare - Connecticut and the War of 1812
Writer's Block Ink and Connecticut Landmarks for the project Stories of Slavery and Freedom
District of Columbia
President Lincoln's Cottage, a National Trust for Historic Preservation site, for the exhibit Can You Walk Away? Modern Slavery: Human Trafficking in the United States
Florida
John H. Hendricks for the publication Following the Tracks of Daniel Callahan
History Miami for the exhibit The Guayabera: A Shirt's Story. This nominee is also the recipient of a History in Progress Award.
Georgia
Georgia Historical Society for Today in Georgia History
Idaho
John H. Mock for his passionate dedication to preserving the heritage of Lewiston, ID
Iowa
John Adelmann and the students of Dubuque’s Central Alternative High School for The Dubuque Shot Tower project
Living History Farms for the exterior shell restoration of the Flynn Mansion (fundraising video; description upon completion)
Illinois
Joliet Area Historical Museum for the exhibit Strike Up The Band! 100 Years of the Joliet Township H.S. Bands
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences and Channy Lyons for the exhibit Skirting Convention: Illinois Women Artists, 1840-1940
Maine
Maine State Museum for the exhibit Malaga Island, Fragmented Live. This nominee is also the recipient of a History in Progress Award.
Maryland
Gordon E. Katz for the publication "102 Gentlemen & A Lady" The Story of the Atlantic Hotel Company in Ocean City, Maryland
Julia A. King for the publication Archaeology, Narrative, and the Politics of the Past The View from Southern Maryland
Massachusetts
Judy Anderson for the publicationGlorious Splendor - The 18th-Century Wallpapers in the Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead, Massachusetts
Gore Place for My Farm at Waltham: Outdoor Multimedia Tours at Gore Place
Historic New England, AVA Gallery and Art Center, and CATV of the Upper Valley for the documentary Connecting the Threads: Overalls to Art - The H.W. Carter and Sons Factory
Lowell National Historical Park and The University of Massachusetts, Lowell for the exhibit Dickens and Massachusetts: A Tale of Power and Transformation
Newbury Preservation Trust, Thomas Kolterjahn, and Karen Holt for the Newburyport Powder House Restoration Project
Calantha Doane Sears for a lifelong commitment to preserving the history of Nahant, MA
U.S.S. Constitution Museum for the project A Sailor’s Life for Me! (featured in a case study on The History List.)
Michigan
Historical Society of Saginaw County for Project 1893: Unearthing Saginaw's Great Fire
Sandra L. Planisek for chronicling and preserving the history of the village of Mackinaw City, MI
Minnesota
Alexander Ramsey House and Minnesota Historical Society for the Ramsey Redevelopment Project
Bill and Bonnie Daniels Firefighters Hall and Museum for the exhibit 81 Minutes: Story of the 35W Bridge Collapse
Brown Historic Society for the exhibit Never Shall I Forget: Brown County and the U.S.-Dakota War
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Claudia Pratt, and Amanda Nordick for the exhibit Hjemkomst Sagas: One Dream, A Viking Ship, Many Stories
Minnesota Historical Society for the exhibit Then Now Wow
Minnesota Historical Society for the project The U.S. Dakota War of 1862. This nominee is also the recipient of a History in Progress Award.
Nicollet County Historical Society and Gustavus Adolphus College for the exhibit Commemorating Controversy: The Dakota-U.S. War of 1862
Gwen Westerman and Bruce White for the publication Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota
Missouri
Missouri History Museum for the exhibit Underneath It All
Nebraska
Nancy Plain for the publication Light on the Prairie: Solomon D. Butcher, Photographer of Nebraska’s Pioneer Days
L. Robert Puschedorf for the publication Nebraska's Post Office Murals: Born of the Depression, Fostered by the New Deal
Nevada
University of Nevada Press for the publication The Gold Rush Letters of E. Allen Grosh and Hosea B. Grosh
New Jersey
John Whiteclay Chambers, II, for the publication Cranbury: A New Jersey Town from the Colonial Era to the Present
Cumberland County Cultural and Heritage Commission for the West Jersey Time Traveler Interpretive Program
New York
The New York State Museum for the exhibit An Irrepressible Conflict:The Empire State in the Civil War
Shaker Heritage Society for the Virtual Watervliet. This nominee is also the recipient of a History in Progress Award.
North Carolina
North Carolina Museum of History Award of Merit for the exhibit History in Every Direction: Tar Heel Junior Historian Association Discovery Gallery
The Awards Committee, at its discretion, may present an Award of Merit to a nominee whose work is highly inspirational, exhibits exceptional scholarship, or is exceedingly entrepreneurial in terms of funding, partnerships, or collaborations, creative problem solving, or unusual project design and inclusiveness.
North Dakota
State Historical Society of North Dakota for the documentary The People of the Upper Missouri: The Mandans
Ohio
The Betts House for the exhibit The Big Shake: How the 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes Rocked the Ohio River Valley
Oregon
Oregon Historical Society for the exhibit Oregon Voices: Change and Challenge in Modern Oregon History
Pennsylvania
PA Civil War 150, Senator John Heinz History Center, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation for the publication The Civil War in Pennsylvania: A Photographic History
Senator John Heinz History Center for the exhibit From Slavery to Freedom
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Historical Society for the John Brown House Museum Audio Tour
Hearthside House Museum for the exhibit Color and Light: Early 20th Century Portraits of Hearthside
South Carolina
Spirit of ’45 Committee and Travelers Rest Historical Society for the Spirit of '45 Celebration
South Dakota
South Dakota Humanities Council for the publication What Makes a South Dakotan
The Center for Western Studies at Augustana College for the 44th Dakota Conference
Tennessee
Oaklands Historic House Museum for Wedding Dresses Through the Decades (video)
Texas
Texas Archive of the Moving Image for their new website
Utah
Church History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and Canada’s Mormon Trail Steering Committee, for the Southern Alberta Historic Markers and App Project
Vermont
Vermont Agency of Transportation, the New York State Department of Transportation, and the Federal Highway Commission for the Lake Champlain Bridge Commemoration Project. This nominee is also the recipient of a History in Progress Award.
Peacham Historical Association, Jutta R. Scott, Michelle A. Sherburne, and Lynn A.Bonfield for the publication A Vermont Hill Town in the Civil War: Peacham's Story
Vermont Division for Historic Preservation for the exhibit “More Than Two Works”: The Life and Legacy of Calvin Coolidge
Virginia
Community Design Assistance Center, Virginia Tech for the publication Lost Communities of Virginia
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation for Anna's Adventures Video Series
The Library of Virginia and the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission for the Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access
Loudoun County Public Schools for the Frederick Douglas Elementary School Memorial Exhibit
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media for the website teachinghistory.org
Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission for the Civil War 150 History Mobile
Washington
Granite Falls Historical Society for the project Technology Journey
Museum of History and Industry for the exhibitTrue Northwest:The Seattle Journey
West Virginia
National Park Service, Southeast Region for the Hispanics and the Civil War: From Battlefield to Homefront Initiative
West Virginia Botanic Garden, Inc. for the exhibit "No More Wiggle-Tail Water": Interpreting the History of Morgantown's Water Supply
Wisconsin
Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School, Department of Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Arijit Sen for the project Picturing Milwaukee: Thurston Woods Pilot Study
History Museum at the Castle for the exhibitProgressive Appleton: Through the Lens of W.D. Schlafer
Martin C. Perkins for his scholarship in the field of historic preservation and the significant role he played in the development of Old World Wisconsin
Wisconsin Historical Society Press and Wisconsin Public Television for the publication Bottoms Up: A Toast to Wisconsin's Historic Bars and Breweries
Wisconsin Library Services for Recollection Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio for the audio essay series Wisconsin Life